Park Ridge Musician Is On The New Supertramp "Live In Paris '79" Album

Longtime Park Ridge resident Dougie Thomson is a bassist who was in the international rock group Supertramp from 1972-1988, and he is featured on their new album, "Live in Paris '79," to be released on February 28.

This new archival live album is similar to, but not identical to, their 1980 release "Paris" which featured 16 songs recorded at shows in late November of 1979 during their "Breakfast In America" tour, and released in 1980. That album omitted 6 other songs originally performed, whereas this new version has all 22 songs.

The 6 extra songs are: Another Man's Woman, Child Of Vision, Downstream, Even In The Quietest Moments, Give A Little Bit, and Goodbye Stranger.

Supertramp was an international rock group whose most famous lineup featured Dougie from Scotland with English musicians Rick Davies, John Helliwell, and Roger Hodgson, plus American Bob Siebenberg.

Dougie is also featured on their rare "Live '88" album that's now out of print.

Since 1970 they have sold over 70 million albums, singles and streams worldwide, and with this new album and renewed interest in their other albums, they could be at 75 million by the end of this year.

"Live in Paris '79" will be available on 3 LP's or 2 CD's on February 28.